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4 years
John Lewis' 2020 Christmas ad will focus on food poverty & run alongside a campaign to raise £5m
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Toblerone bars lose the big gaps... with a price hike (£)
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🏆 Co-op is our Grocer of the Year 🏆 Judges said Co-op's "savvy business moves", its "flourishing food business" and "appetite for new space" made it a worthy winner of the title. @CoopUK #GrocerGold
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Waitrose launches trial of wonky veg (£)
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Opinion | Oatly’s ‘Help Dad’ ad is nasty, sneering… and wrong about dairy, says @JoannaBlythman
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🎉 Tesco is Britain’s Favourite Supermarket 🎉 Consumers voted Tesco top across six metrics for an impressive fourth year in a row @Tesco #GrocerGold
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BLOG | Store staff are doing remarkable work in the face of extreme circumstances. Let’s offer them some support (£)
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10 years
Here's David Cameron meeting grocery bosses at No 10 yesterday: http://t.co/xQVRJjzaLq http://t.co/YizhLZgCFi
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🎉 Co-op wins E-commerce Initiative of the Year 🎉 The “cutting-edge” multi-partnership approach has “paid dividends” and it’s now an “innovator and a leader in this space” say our judges @Coopuk #GrocerGold
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🎉 Tesco is Britain’s Favourite Supermarket 🎉 65% of households surveyed said they would ‘definitely’ shop at Tesco and it put in a strong performance across 10 key attributes, including top scores for promotions, experience and availability. @tesco #GrocerGold
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7 years
🎉 #GIVEAWAY 🎉 For a chance to win this own label hamper follow @TheGrocer and tell us your favourite own label product using #OwnLabelAwards
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The Grocer Gold Awards winner of Britain’s Favourite Supermarket is: Tesco Congrats to @Tesco ! #GrocerGolds 🏆
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6 years
This morning Dave Lewis revealed Tesco's new discount chain #Jacks in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire. 1800 of the 2000 products stocked in store are Jack's branded and 8 out of 10 products are grown, reared or made in Britain.
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2 years
RIP 🍍 Lilt Lilt is no longer. It's being replaced with Fanta Pineapple & Grapefruit Find the details:
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4 years
🎉 Tesco is Britain’s Favourite Supermarket 🎉 When asked which supermarket had responded best to the challenges of Covid-19, 21% of shoppers said Tesco @Tesco #GrocerGold
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🎉 Tesco is The Grocer of the Year 2020 🎉 Tesco’s “relentless focus” and “back to basics approach” has seen the retailer win back the loyalty and even affection of customers, as well as this trophy @Tesco #GrocerGold
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3 years
It means Welsh milk will again be bottled in Wales, something that hasn't happened since the collapse of Tomlinsons Dairies in 2019
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🎉 Nick Carolan from Tesco, St Stephen’s, Hull is our Store Manager of the Year 🎉 @tesco #GrocerGold
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3 years
Opinion | Evidence on mask efficacy is still patchy. It’s time to move past these Covid comfort blankets, says @JoannaBlythman
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6 years
OPINION | Coverage of the proposed ‘meat tax’ hit a new low of intellectual dishonesty, says @JoannaBlythman 🆓
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7 years
Big Interview: @peta founder Ingrid Newkirk, the animal advocate who won't give up (£)
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7 years
Spoof public service announcements aim to tempt millennials back to dairy. (£)
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2 years
The Grocer Gold Awards Consumer Initiative of the Year is: Co-op's Co-op26 Congrats to @coopuk ! #GrocerGold 🏆
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8 years
#WasteNotWantNot campaign, aimed at uniting industry to reduce waste, launched by @TheGrocer
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6 years
Inside the new @coopuk store format: Co-op On the Go (£)
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5 years
OPINION | TfL's eggs and bacon ad ban is potentially damaging folly, says @JoannaBlythman 🆓
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The Grocer Golds Business Initiative of the Year is: The Co-op’s Fighting Poverty During a Pandemic 2020 Congratulations @coopuk ! #GrocerGolds 🏆
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6 years
OPINION | Veganism was behind the 'meat tax' hype – so what happened to critical thinking? Latest column from @JoannaBlythman 🆓
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The Co-op rolls out 800 own label lines into Nisa (£)
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. @coopuk gets Coronation Street role with Weatherfield store (£)
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. @coopuk 'doubled sales growth' over Christmas (£)
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4 years
The man behind “Do you have a favourite cheese or vegan alternative?” explains why he spends his time quizzing celebs on their cheeses of choice on Twitter @JoeBangles11
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6 years
More than 10,000 @coopuk staff sign up to manage their shifts online (£)
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8 years
It's time to abandon #PalmOil says @JoannaBlythman 🆓
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4 years
#GrocerGold @coopuk 's Safer Colleagues, Safer Communities campaign is our Business Initiative of the Year 2020 🏆 You can catch up on the ceremony and watch the interview with @JoWhitfield_ here:
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10 years
Admit it, you didn't see this coming - Sylvester Stallone is new face of @Warburtons http://t.co/Sm2URSBpyH http://t.co/kdisAObyLE
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OPINION | Why we should resist the vegan putsch. The latest column from @JoannaBlythman 🆓
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7 years
The UK is a processed food nation says @JoannaBlythman 🆓
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6 years
🏆 Aldi is our Grocer of the Year 🏆 Judges said: Aldi achieved “market-beating growth”, had “willingness and ability to adapt to the needs of UK shoppers” and a “commitment to do it the right way” @AldiUK #GrocerGold
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9 years
Congratulations to @Tesco Silverburn Glasgow, our #Grocer33 store of the week! (£)
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3 years
The Grocer Gold Awards winner of the Grocer 33 Customer Service Award is: Waitrose Congratulations @waitrose ! #GrocerGolds 🏆
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6 years
🎉 Co-op: Project Closed Loop is our Green Initiative of the Year 🎉 Judges said: Project Closed Loop is “leading the sector” in sustainable packaging and recycling and is a “worthy winner” @CoopUK #GrocerGold
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8 years
I Am Super Grains: Fresh Marketing launches microwaveable mixes (£)
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10 years
Here's how @TescoMedia is backing this year's Poppy Appeal: http://t.co/z3trwm7Gru http://t.co/W6KmCRo2Bl
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7 years
We're #SeriousAboutSurplus . Are you? Then sign up to our plan to get more edible surplus to charity here:
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3 years
The Grocer Golds Own Label Range of the Year is: Gro by Co-op Congratulations @coopuk ! #GrocerGolds 🏆
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6 years
The @coopuk leads the way on Easter special offers. (£)
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5 years
OPINION | How the dad in Tesco's 'I don't want to eat meat any more' ad should respond, according to @JoannaBlythman 🆓
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Fmcg high flyers recognised as Women to Watch 🆓
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5 years
Congratulations to @Tesco Extra Pitsea, Basildon, our Grocer 33 store of the week (£)
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4 years
🎉 Nisa is our Symbol/Franchise of the Year 🎉 Judges praised the “impressive integration” of the Co-op deal and the innovative Evolution format @NisaLocally #GrocerGold
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The Grocer Gold Awards Britain’s favourite supermarket is... Tesco Congratulations to @Tesco ! #GrocerGold 🏆
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8 years
Congratulations @Tesco #HandforthDean , #Wilmslow our G33 store of the week (£)
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4 years
Joe Bangles CBE (cheese board enthusiast) is the self-styled ‘cheesemonger to the stars’
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6 years
Congratulations to @Tesco Solent Road, Havant, our Grocer 33 store of the week (£)
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The Grocer Gold Awards Store Manager of the Year is: Rebecca Taylor of Tesco Toxteth, Liverpool Congrats to Rebecca and @Tesco ! #GrocerGold 🏆
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6 years
Hotel Chocolat offers free bars to customers disappointed by 'sugar-laden Waitrose imitations' (£) #slabgate
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3 years
The Grocer Gold Awards Symbol/Franchise Retailer of the Year is: One Stop Congratulations @onestopstores and @1StopFranchise ! #GrocerGolds 🏆
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7 years
Congratulations to @Tesco Shrewsbury, our Grocer 33 Store of the Week (£)
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6 years
New figures show @coopuk is overtaking the discounters in the store planning 'space race' (£)
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🎉 Tesco No Time For Waste is our Waste Not Want Not Award winner 🎉 Judges said Tesco shows “true industry leadership” and “plays a huge role in a cultural shift happening in the UK” @tesco #GrocerGold
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🛒 Keith Davis from @Tesco Perth is up for #GrocerGold Store Manager of the Year 🛒 “Passionate” Davis has taken huge steps to ensure he is a “modern day, future-fit store manager”, says Tesco.
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🎉 Ocado is our Online Supermarket of the Year 🎉 Judges said: Ocado’s “ground breaking innovation” and new partnerships helped it “stay ahead of the rapidly evolving market” @Ocado #GrocerGold
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🏆 Steven Moyes, @Asda Livingston is our Store Manager of the Year 🏆 Judges say Moyes has an “infectious energy”, shows “great leadership skills” and is a “true standard-setter” in his field. #GrocerGold
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And finally, The Grocer Gold Awards The Grocer of the year is... M&S Food Congratulations to @marksandspencer ! #GrocerGold 🏆
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🎉 Tesco is our Grocer 33 Service Award winner 🎉 Tesco had the best customer feedback scores across the year from our G33 mystery shoppers. #GrocerGold
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. @IcelandFoods and @UnileverUKI roll out @Marmite Sprouts for Christmas 🆓
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7 years
. @AldiUK and @asda end sale of high-caffeine drinks to under-16s (£)
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🎉 Castell Howell is our Regional Wholesaler of the Year 🎉 Judges felt the “smart, progressive, passionate and caring” wholesaler deserved the win @castellhowell #GrocerGold
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The Grocer Gold Awards Grocer of the Year is: Morrisons Congratulations @Morrisons ! #GrocerGolds 🏆
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6 years
We sent a mystery shopper to Jack's - here's what they found 🆓
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The winner of 2022's award for Britain’s Favourite Supermarket is: Tesco Well done to @Tesco ! #GrocerGold 🏆
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7 years
. @coopuk has signed its first-ever franchise deal (£)
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" #Jacks will proudly support Britain's food producing communities. 8 out of 10 food and drink products at Jack’s will be grown, reared or made in Britain and stores will stock a unique own brand range, also named Jack’s as a mark of quality and value." says Lewis
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Congratulations @coopuk 🏆 #GrocerGold
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🎉 Tesco is our Grocer 33 Availability Award winner 🎉 During a year of G33 mystery shopper tests, Tesco had the fewest out of stock items. @tesco #GrocerGold
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6 years
Morrisons removes cucumber plastic sleeves to reduce waste 🆓
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Our first finalist vying for Store Manager of the Year is Paul Taylor, @Waitrose High Wycombe Paul is described by Waitrose as a "role model and mentor" to his colleagues and he "delivers consistently excellent results" #GrocerGold
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Congratulations to @Tesco Fleets Corner, Poole: our #Grocer33 store of the week! (£)
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. @Morrisons removes plastic sleeves from cucumbers 🆓
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Congratulations to Sainsbury's Shorehead, Huddersfield, our #Grocer33 store of the week (£)
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The units will allow the Co-op to continue trading while refurbishing 150 stores across the UK this year (£)
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. @TonysChocoUK_IE claims rival chocolate makers pressured Sainsbury’s over new range
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Asda backs British pig sector by prioritising UK producers of fresh pork & sausages (£)
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Vegetarian Society plans first London Underground poster push 🆓
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. @Morrisons adds asparagus to its wonky fruit & veg range 🆓 #wastenotwantnot
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The Grocer Gold Awards Online Supermarket of the Year is: Asda Congratulations @asda ! #GrocerGolds 🏆
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. @coopuk £143m bid for @NisaRetail to be put to the vote by members (£)
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